Job 9:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:35 : 35 Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
  • Job 15:5-6 : 5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself. 6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
  • Job 32:1-2 : 1 So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right. 2 And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;
  • Job 33:8-9 : 8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears: 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me: 10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters; 11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways. 12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man. 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
  • Job 4:17 : 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
  • Job 9:2 : 2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
  • Job 35:16 : 16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said. 37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
  • Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before, 14 I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

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    21 I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

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  • Job 9:19
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    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • Job 19:4-5
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    4 And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

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  • Job 34:5-6
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    5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

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  • Job 13:18-19
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    18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

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  • Prov 20:9
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    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

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  • Job 10:14-15
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    14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

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  • Job 9:28-30
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    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

    29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

    30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

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    5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

    6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

    7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

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    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

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    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

  • Job 23:7
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    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 15:6
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    6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

  • 2 Sam 22:24
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    24 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

  • Ps 18:23
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    23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

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    29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

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    4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

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    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

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    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

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    3 I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

    4 For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

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    4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

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    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

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    20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

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    32 ...

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    7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

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    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

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    3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.